soldering-iron

He pulled the soldering-iron pencil from his shoe.

Tom Swift Jr And His Jetmarine Almquist, John 1954

He would undoubtedly have bled to death before our eyes, had not Voigtman cauterized the place with an electric soldering-iron which was handy.

The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne Stephen King-Hall 1929

An ordinary soldering-iron, which has previously been moderately heated in a gas flame, is then used to melt the wax into place.

Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man Francis Gano Benedict 1913

Then the children watched with joy as the metal sank suddenly molten, and was shoved about against the nose of the soldering-iron, while the room was full of a scent of burnt resin and hot tin, and Morel was silent and intent for a minute.

Sons and Lovers 1913

Sunday has promised to rig up a soldering-iron and mend all my pans for me.

The Prairie Wife Arthur Stringer 1912

Then the children watched with joy as the metal sank suddenly molten, and was shoved about against the nose of the soldering-iron, while the room was full of a scent of burnt resin and hot tin, and Morel was silent and intent for a minute.

Sons and Lovers 1907

Still visible were the marks of the soldering-iron, in a ragged line, about three inches from the top.

Darkness and Dawn George Allan England 1906

Afterwards, with a small soldering-iron he closed the puncture.

The Minister of Evil The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia William Le Queux 1895

At the same instant I was in imminent danger of freezing to death and being burned alive; and the mental picture of those three fur-clad men, huddled around the little oil-stove heating the soldering-iron, and the hot solder dripping on the tin, is amusing now; but we were anything but amused then.

A Negro Explorer at the North Pole Matthew A. Henson 1888

Hugo got the help of the tinker whom the king had cowed with the soldering-iron; they took the boy out on a tinkering tramp, and as soon as they were out of sight of the camp they threw him down and the tinker held him while Hugo bound the poultice tight and fast upon his leg.

The Prince and the Pauper; a tale for young people of all ages 1882